Honestly, I'd wait to see how they look and feel in your hands. And what
the street price is going to be.
I just got a PZ-1p myself last month, and love it, so far.
I also have an extensive MF lens collection:
28mm, 50mm, 100mm, 200mm and 300mm, plus my screw mounts (with my K mount
adapter)
I enjoyed using both types on my ZX-5n, and will do the same on the PZ-1p.
I have also increased my AF lenses, because many tings I shooting now are
things I'll be happy with the meters exposure most of the time and I wan tot
be able to shoot faster.
You manual lenses, if quick enough, can be used auto focus with the Pentax
1.7xAF Teleconvertor. I highly recommend this if you have a decent SMC lens
collection of lenses!
Do I regret gettign a PZ-1p a month before the NEW camera comes out? No,
price is great mail order. Now if the new flgship data imprinting looks
valueable to me in the future, then I might consider, but since every kind
of tries to keep up with the Jones, maybe in a year Pentax will have a
databack for the MZ-S like the new Minolta that records the setting so you
can download them to your computer...now thats slick!
At 02:44 PM 2/13/01 +0100, you wrote:
>>> Isn't this interesting? That Pentax comes up with a new "flagship" after
>>> 7 years, which is NOT significantly better than the old one?
>>> I am thinking about a new body for my MF lenses. So, I am not interested
>>> in the better AF-system.
>>
>> In other words: "The new camera has a better AF system, but I am not
>> interested in AF. So the new camera is NOT better than the old one."
>>That's not logic that I can agree with.
>
>It is clear that after 7 years a camera has a better AF. This is a MUST for
every new
>camera. So we must talk about the other features the camera has.
>Since the only real imporvement I see is the AF system and I am not
interested in AF, I
>see no reason to choose the MZ-S over the Z-1p. Logical? But maybe I am
wrong, I want to
>learn. Please tell me, why should I choose the MZ-S for MF photographing
over the Z-1p.
>You use an LX for MF. Fine. But for a used LX I can get a new Z-1p. What to do?
>
>Best wishes
> Wieland
>
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